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Safeguarding Advisor for Children & Adults

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 11 Chwefror 2025
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 13 Mawrth 2025
Lleoliad: Tooting, SW17 7DJ
Cwmni: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Math o swydd: Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd: 7002491/294-CORP-7002491-FZ

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A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.


South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR SUPPORTING SAFEGUARDING OF PEOPLE WITH Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism(MHLDA)

2 years fixed term full-time(37.5 hours)

Safeguarding Advisor for Children & Adults (Band 7)

Nurse (RMN or RGN registration necessary); Social Worker or Occupational Therapist



We are seeking a compassionate and dedicatedSafeguarding Children & Adult Advisorto join our team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation meets its safeguarding obligations, advising on safeguarding best practices, and supporting staff in handling complex safeguarding situations in a confident and informed manner. As the Safeguarding Advisor you will respond effectively to safeguarding concerns while championing best practices and promoting inclusion for individuals with mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity with particular focus on those within our adult inpatient & rehab wards.



We can offer working in a supportive, dynamic team with opportunities to develop safeguarding knowledge and skills and further your career in safeguarding. We are looking for an individual who is passionate, enthusiastic and highly motivated to ensure the safeguarding obligations are met within a busy mental health trust.

Main Duties:



· To work in close collaboration with Safeguarding Leads to ensure that promote safe, effective, person centred safeguarding practices across the Trust, including assurance that duties are met in accordance with Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 & Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

· To support Trust Executive Safeguarding Meeting to meet all statutory, mandatory and best practice standards in conjunction with Safeguarding Leads.

· To support Trust Safeguarding Leads with audits and training.

· To support Quality Improvement initiatives and service developments in relation to safeguarding.

· To contribute to internal and external assurance reports.

· To provide Trust wide specialist advice, training and support service regarding safeguarding for inpatients with intellectual disability &/or autism.

· Contribute to management of high-risk cases through Virtual Risk Team and other multi-agency panels where safeguarding has been identified as contributory factor.

· To provide specialist mental health, intellectual disability &/or autism advice across partner agencies in relation to safeguarding.

· To be able to work both autonomously and under guidance to agreed deadlines.

· To deputise for the Trust Safeguarding Leads as appropriate.







We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.



· To work in close collaboration with Safeguarding Leads to ensure that promote safe, effective, person centred safeguarding practices across the Trust, including assurance that duties are met in accordance with Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 & Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

· To support Trust Executive Safeguarding Meeting to meet all statutory, mandatory and best practice standards in conjunction with Safeguarding Leads.

· To support Trust Safeguarding Leads with audits and training.

· To support Quality Improvement initiatives and service developments in relation to safeguarding.

· To contribute to internal and external assurance reports.

· To provide Trust wide specialist advice, training and support service regarding safeguarding for inpatients with intellectual disability &/or autism.

· Contribute to management of high-risk cases through Virtual Risk Team and other multi-agency panels where safeguarding has been identified as contributory factor.

· To provide specialist mental health, intellectual disability &/or autism advice across partner agencies in relation to safeguarding.

· To be able to work both autonomously and under guidance to agreed deadlines.

· To deputise for the Trust Safeguarding Leads as appropriate.


This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025